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La familia, la base de LUZCO
ELEVATOR PITCH Spending a day, even a few hours, within the walls of LUZCO Technologies, LLC, the term familia can be heard echoing off the walls. It is the foundation of LUZCO, a representation of how the business operates. And it is not just spoken, it is felt by the small tight-knit team that respects and cares for each other like familia.
named LUZCO Technologies, LLC as the “Start-Up Business of the Year.” In April, Lus was awarded one of three business development scholarships from Ameren Corporation to attend the Minority Business Executive Program at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. And most recently on May 9, 2019, Lus was presented with the “Rising Star Award” at the Women’s Business Development Center’s Connect & Celebrate: St. Louis event. This award is presented to “a visionary woman business owner who leads the charge on creative, solution-oriented, and cutting-edge business processes…for less than five years.” They are now one of the 50 fastestgrowing companies in St. Louis.
OUR STORY Lusnail Rondon Haberberger (or Lus to her familia) founded LUZCO in 2017 and dreamt of building a company that measured success based on diversity. Lus believes that “diversity in background, skill, and talent is critical to delivering the best outcomes for clients.” A Venezuelan-born American, Lus harnessed her skills as an electrical engineer and project manager and created a best-in-class engineering firm. Today, the company has taken on large-scale infrastructure projects for some of the region’s most notable clients, specializing in project management services, engineering and design services, and transmission and distribution engineering services.
What is most humbling and inspiring about all of this recognition? Lus will never deny the reason for her success: her familia. She founded the company, yes, but she selected local talent to take this journey alongside her—people with diverse backgrounds, skill sets, and college degrees. People who believe in giving back to the city in which they live. She built a familia at LUZCO with those she saw shared her same dreams of working in a collaborative and “all ideas welcome” setting that not only provides the very best client solutions, but encourages the team members’ very best quality of life.
Although LUZCO is still in its infancy, it is growing fast and gaining recognition for its hard work and diversity. In 2018, LUZCO was nationally certified as a Minority-Owned Business Enterprise and as a Women’s Business Enterprise, as well as earning the award of “Hispanic Business of the Year.” But it is 2019 that proved to be a year the company would not soon forget. In March, the U.S. Small Business Administration’s St. Louis office
With all the recognition LUZCO Technologies, LLC has seen thus far, it is nearly impossible to fathom what successes lay ahead for this innovative and diverse powerhouse.
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